Laurens Electric Offers Students Free Trips and Scholarship Opportunities
January 19, 2024
Deadline to apply is February 2
Laurens Electric Cooperative is offering four local students an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. or Columbia, S.C., this summer.
The annual Washington Youth Tour and Cooperative Youth Summit contest includes submitting an application, securing two references and participating in an interview process. After co-op officials judge the entrants, four students will be awarded one of the two trips, which begin June 15 and July 15, respectively.
Students within the cooperative’s service area who are in their junior year in high school are eligible to apply for the Washington Youth Tour. Students in their sophomore year in high school are eligible to apply for Cooperative Youth Summit. Students do not have to receive power from Laurens Electric Cooperative to qualify.
The deadline for submitting applications will be February 2, 2024.
Participants in Washington Youth Tour will travel with other South Carolina students to Washington, D.C. where they will meet with their state representatives and senators, visit many historical sites, learn about cooperatives, and spend time with other students from across the country.
Cooperative Youth Summit participants go on a private tour of the S.C. Statehouse, meet with the Governor or Lt. Governor, engage in team-building exercises, and learn about electric cooperatives and the co-op business model.
Contest winners also will be eligible to compete for up to $5,000 in college scholarships, based on a community service project or podcast challenge.
For more information or to get an application, click HERE, or contact Laurie Riser at [email protected] or 1-800-942-3141.
Laurens Electric Cooperative serves 61,000 member-owners in Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Newberry, Union, and Abbeville counties. Since 1939, the co-op has been dedicated to being the provider of choice for energy and related services in the Upstate.
